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This trait may be taken with ‘Passionate Love’. If you
lose the object of your affection, you suffer -1 to all
rolls until the Gamemaster decides that you have
recovered from the loss or rejection.
noBLe (minor good)
You have been born into the highest levels of society
and are used to entertaining dignitaries, ambassadors
and even kings and queens. You experience gives
you a +2 bonus whenever you deal socially with the
cream of society, especially when you are in a formal
environment.
singLe-minded (minor/major good)
The more you are thwarted in your plans, the more
obsessed you get about pursuing them. Each battle
you lose makes you more dedicated to winning the
war. For the minor level, each time your plans are
interrupted by someone acting against you, you gain
a Story Point.
As a major trait you gain 2 Story Points when any
of your plans fail. However, you also become more
obsessed with defeating your enemies the more Story
Points you gain this way.
Wanted (minor/major Bad)
You are actively hunted by a group. They may believe
you have committed a crime, but they might just as
easily want to worship you as the chosen one. Either
way, you don’t want them to catch up with you. As a
minor trait the group will sometimes come across
you, but they have limited resources and are unable to
send a large force to bring you in. As a major trait the
group are very powerful, and if they catch up with you,
you are as good as captured.
Loud (minor Bad)
The character seems to make more noise than anyone
else. Their voice always carries and they tend to
stamp a little when they walk. They suffer a -2 penalty
to stealth rolls, and unless they specify they are trying
to be quiet their approach is automatically detected
and their voice is easy to overhear by those nearby.
outsider (minor Bad)
You aren’t very good at making friends and fitting in
with groups. Somehow you just don’t seem to connect
to other people very well. You suffer a -2 penalty to
social rolls with strangers and may not take the
‘Friends’ trait at character creation.
passionate Love (major Bad)
Your love for someone is so consuming it is hard to
see past it. When you are separated from them you
can think of little else but finding them again. You
are constantly in fear for their safety. When you are
not with the object of your affection you suffer –2 on
any action except those that will help reunite you. You
must also pass a Resolve + Ingenuity check (Difficulty
15) to do anything that will not bring them back to you.
sesquipedaLian (minor Bad)
You habitutally use complicated phrasology, abstruse
verbiage and academic language, even while in the
process of elucidating the most commponplace and
quotidien concepts. You suffer a –2 penalty when
trying to explain or teach anything. However, you gain
+1 when attempting to impress people with your skills
and abilities.
siLver spoon (minor Bad)
You have been brought up in an atmosphere of wealth
and privilege that has left you a little out of touch with
the ‘common folk’. While this might not have made
you a snob, you are still not used to doing things
for yourself or having to go without. You suffer a -2
penalty when dealing with the poor and destitute and
also when attempting actions that might be dirty or
unpleasant and might be ‘beneath you’.
sLoW (minor/major Bad)
A lot of the Doctor’s adversaries are incredibly
dangerous but thankfully many of them move slowly.
Cybermen are walking tanks able to withstand gunfire
and damage but the Doctor is quick to avoid them as
they lumber from one place to the next with a slow
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marching stomp. This trait can also be used for
characters that are physically impaired from moving
quickly.
Effect: Slow is a Minor or a Major Bad Trait which
means that the character is slower than average. As
a Minor Bad Trait, the character’s effective Speed is
halved (round down), so a Coordination of 4 means
that the character has a Speed of 2 in a chase. The
character’s Speed has a minimum of 1, though
particularly slow creatures can sometimes have
Speeds that are slower (down to 0.5, etc). Such slow
speeds, however, require additional calculations on
behalf of the Gamemaster and may be ignored. As a
Major Bad Trait, the character’s Speed is effectively
zero. The character does not move or, if it does, it
moves so slowly that it is regarded as stationary in a
chase situation.
pLaying in the fourth doctor era
taiLored regeneration (major good) –
prerequisite: time Lord
The Time Lord has an intuitive control over their body
during Regeneration which allows them to tailor their
form to their liking.
Effects: When the Time Lord regenerates, they may
choose the results of the Regeneration instead of
rolling on the tables on page 95 of the Gamemaster’s
Guide.
Note that if you’re using the Time Traveller’s
Companion, there are more detailed rules for
regeneration.
uncommunicative (minor/major Bad)
You are unable to use human speech, making it hard
to communicate with any but your own species. As a
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minor trait you can still understand human speech, but
needs some sort of device to be able to communicate
effectively. As a major trait you have no conceptual
commonality with normal speech, making you unable
to understand or communicate with others. No
device is able to accurately translate for you, making
you reliant on some form of intelligent interpreter.
Characters with this trait might take psychic traits to
balance this disadvantage so they might read minds
directly.
B neW gadgets
A host of new Gadgets are presented in the adventures,
but here’s one to get you started.
key to time tracker (speciaL gadget)
This wand-like device could locate the segments of
the Key to Time (see page 137) across time and space.
When inserted into the control console of a TARDIS, it
guided the ship to the appropriate system, and could
then be removed and used a short-range detector.
When the tracker touched a disguised key segment, it
transformed it back into part of the Key to Time. When
the Doctor assembled the Key to Time, the Tracker
was part of the complete device.
Traits: Track (Major), Restriction (Key to Time Segments
Only), Scan, Vortex, 4 Story Points
neW gadget trait
Track (Major/Minor Good)
This item can find things for you. As a minor trait it can
locate the target as long as it is on the same planet, by
showing the operator how close they are and guiding
them towards it. As a Major trait the device can find
the quarry anywhere in the universe, able to offer
coordinates to its general whereabouts where it can
be tracked on the ground as with the minor trait.
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B the fourth doctor’s companions
During his travels, the Doctor picked up a wide range
of strays and fellow-travellers. He was a citizen of the
universe, and unlike his previous incarnations, did not
restrict himself to human companions. He travelled
with robots, aliens and even a fellow Time Lord.
Each character is presented as a data sheet outlining
their abilities and a summary of their personality
and background. Below is an introduction to the
companions we meet for the first time with the Fourth
Doctor. More information on Sarah Jane Smith can be
found in The Third Doctor Sourcebook and Defending
the Earth: The UNIT Sourcebook. The UNIT book also
contains more information on Harry Sullivan.
the fourth doctor and companions
LeeLa
Leela was a warrior of the Sevateem tribe –
descendents of the survivors of a crashed Earth survey
ship. Although the Doctor turned down her request to
accompany him on his travels, she ignored him and ran
into the TARDIS. Leela lacked knowledge of technology
but was highly intelligent and not intimidated by
advanced machines or concepts. She would re-phrase
things in terms that she could understand in order to
help her work through solutions. Her warrior attitude
meant that she was quick to respond to threats with
her knife and poisonous Janis thorns. This did not
go down well with the Doctor, but Leela resisted all
attempts to ‘civilise’ her.
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k-9
K-9 was presented to the Doctor and Leela by his
original owner, Professor Marius (see The Invisible
Enemy on page 113). He was a very loyal robot dog,
following the commands of his master or mistress
with little or no thought to his own safety. He also
had a lamentable habit of taking his orders rather
literally sometimes, chasing a ball into the water at
Brighton beach when asked to fetch it by Romana.
K-9 could be a little superior when he knew he was
right, which was quite often. While he was capable
of using deadly force, he only uses it when expressly
commanded to.
Before leaving the original K-9 with Leela on Gallifrey
the Doctor had begun work on a new version, the
Mark II. This new K-9 was a slightly upgraded model,
but somewhat ‘overclocked’ as he required more
maintenance and upkeep. The Doctor also had a
tendency to change and adapt this model, changing
his personality and voice at one stage. However, it
is hard to say whether the machine was actually
constantly breaking down, or if the Doctor just liked
tinkering with it.
romana (1st incarnation)
Romanadvoratrelundar (shortened to Romana by the
Doctor even though she would have preferred ‘Fred’)
was assigned by the White Guardian (masquerading
as the Time Lord President) to assist the Doctor
in his search for the Key to Time. As the mission
was so vital, it is no surprise he picked their best
and brightest student – Romana graduated the
Academy with a triple 1st and was an expert in
temporal technology, physics and even advanced
psychoanalysis. Romana also proved very practical,
able to apply her knowledge easily and quickly to
almost any situation.

Romana was supremely confident of her abilities,
but inexperienced in dealing with life outside the
sheltered environment of Gallifreyan academia. This,
combined with a Time Lord’s natural arrogance,
often made her unaware of quite how dangerous a
situation might be. Luckily, her cool intelligence and
icy charm usually more than compensated.
She had a very dry sense of humour and a rather
sarcastic wit, especially against people she felt were
not her intellectual equal. Underneath her dismissive
attitude, she was genuinely excited to be adventuring
with the Doctor, and keen to put into practice all she
had learned. It took her a while to appreciate that
the Doctor’s experience sometimes made up for
and even surpassed her raw knowledge. However,
she came to respect his abilities; even though it is
painfully obvious to her he needs someone around to
look after him.
romana (2nd incarnation)
After completing her mission for the Time Lords with
the Doctor, Romana decided she was in no rush to
return to the cloying atmosphere of Gallifrey. Her
time with the Doctor had taught her there was so
much more to see. While he may have infected her
with some of his own rebellious attitude, Romana
had come to see the Doctor as someone who could
teach her things that Gallifrey never would. As an
academic she was still eager to learn and face
new challenges, not that she would ever admit that
the Doctor (with his dismal academic record) had
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Regenerating on a whim, she chose to duplicate
the body of Princess Astra from her last adventure,
much to the Doctor’s disapproval. Her personality in
this new regeneration was a lot more friendly and
adventure-seeking, but she lost little of her skills
and determination. Her relationship with the Doctor
also changed as they roamed across time and space
together. She stopped being the Doctor’s assistant
or apprentice and instead became a partner he was
showing around the universe.
Romana hoped the Time Lords would simply forget
about her and let her remain in the TARDIS with the
Doctor exploring the universe. However, the Time
Lords never forget where their errant subjects are,
even the Doctor, and they ordered her to return.
While the Doctor would have liked to help her stay
he knew from bitter experience that the Time Lords
would eventually take Romana back no matter what
he did. However, in her time with the Doctor, Romana
had learnt his most vital lesson, and she found a way
to disobey the Time Lords. She chose to remain in
E-Space with K-9 MII and help the Tharils, where
even the Time Lords might find it difficult to bring
her home.
adric
Adric was a likable but gawky teenager who masked
social shyness with arrogance and an argumentative
nature. His incredible ability with mathematics had
led to a rather sheltered academic upbringing that
he tried to rebel against as soon as he hit his teens.
Adric ran into the Doctor when the TARDIS became
stranded in E-Space. After his older brother was
killed, he stowed away aboard the TARDIS. Adric
eventually managed to prove himself a valuable
companion, and the Doctor adopted him as a protégé.
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